Show #1390 1990-09-21 (taped 1990-08-06) Regular

Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.

Contestants

Bob Priser — a sales and service manager from Brookline, Massachusetts

John Nam — a law student from Silver Spring, Maryland

Burr Baldwin — a painting and decorating contractor from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Burr	$1,600	$800	$5,500	$5,495 3rd place	$3,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
John	$700	$1,800	$5,900	$11,001 New champion: $11,001	$6,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Bob	$1,000	$2,700	$5,500	$5,500 2nd place	$6,000 16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS QUOTES	MUSICALS	NECKWEAR	MONEY	MEDICINE	4-LETTER WORDS
$100 [6] Robert Louis Stevenson said "marriage is like life in... that it is a field of battle and not a bed of" these roses Bob	$100 [30] He wrote the music & lyrics for "No Strings" in 1962 after the death of Oscar Hammerstein II (Richard) Rodgers Bob	$100 [26] It sounds like it would keep you quiet as well as warm a muffler John Bob	$100 [19] In Japan 100 sen don't make a breath freshener but one of these a yen John	$100 [15] Many believe this vitamin can prevent colds, but the AMA says there's no scientific evidence vitamin C Burr	$100 [1] A whit or a jot, an owl may not give one, but then again it may a hoot Burr
$200 [7] This ancient physician, who lived past 90 said, "Life is short" Hippocrates John	$200 [20] In titles of musicals this word describes Jessie James, Johnny Jones & Mary Sunshine Little John	$200 [12] Common clothing accessory for a cleric or slang for an arrest by a cop a collar John	$200 [22] One of the few words in the dictionary starting with the letters P-F, it's 1/100th of a mark a pfennig Bob	$200 [16] Cutting back on this food flavoring & preservative can help prevent hypertension salt Bob	$200 [2] You're free as a bird if you fly this & we don't mean a 2-door automobile a coop Burr
$300 [8] In 1957 this labor leader told reporters, "I do unto others what they do unto me, only worse" Jimmy Hoffa Bob	$300 [21] Harve Presnell played Johnny Brown, the miner husband of this title character The Unsinkable Molly Brown Bob	$300 [27] Name for a snake that crushes its prey & we hope it doesn't turn into a choker on you a boa Burr Bob	$300 [13] The only currency you can use to buy a Big Mac at the biggest McDonald's in the world a ruble John	$300 [17] Micro-trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this doctor known for his maneuver Heimlich Bob	$300 [3] A farewell performance is this type of song a swan song Burr
$400 [9] This actor never said, "Come with me to the Casbah" in the 1938 film "Algiers"; his press agent made up the line Charles Boyer Burr	$400 [25] In 1967 Cab Calloway placed Horace Vandergelder in this musical Hello, Dolly! John	$400 [28] A scarf worn as a necktie, its name refers to the Croatians who originally wore them a cravat Bob	DD $500 [23] Unit of currency used to buy a turkey in Turkey or a bologna in Bologna a lira Bob	$400 [14] These chemical compounds can prevent decay but if you take too much your teeth might become mottled fluorides John Bob	$400 [4] In the rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence", the maid had this body part pecked off by a blackbird the nose John
$500 [10] This philosopher who died 90 years ago said, "God is dead" Nietzsche John	$500 [11] John Rubinstein had the title role in this musical set in the Holy Roman Empire & thereabouts Pippin John	$500 [29] Half of this famous pair goes under a baby's chin & half is a lace frill worn around the neck & shoulders a bib & tucker Burr	$500 [24] While the core of a quarter is copper, the core of a penny is this zinc John	$500 [18] The vestigial tailbone consisting of 3 to 5 fused vertebrae just beneath the sacrum the coccyx Bob	$500 [5] It can precede tip, nut or ding wing Burr

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	THE 1960s	HISTORIC NICKNAMES	EUROPEAN TRAVEL	MODERN LITERATURE	4-LETTER BIRDS
$200 [8] When captured by the British Fort Duquesne was named this in honor of William Pitt the Elder Pittsburgh Bob	$200 [1] On October 18, 1965, David Miller was the first to be arrested under a new law against burning these draft cards Burr John	$200 [22] Erik Thorvaldsson, who colonized Greenland, was given this colorful nickname Erik the Red Burr	$200 [12] To go there, drive south from La Linea, Spain to Winston Churchill Avenue Gibraltar John	$200 [16] Andre Malraux, who wrote "Man's Fate", was this country's minister of culture France John	$200 [25] Groucho Marx depended on this bird to bring him the secret word on "You Bet Your Life" a duck Burr Bob
$400 [9] In 1970 this state capital merged with Douglas, Alaska to form the largest U.S. in area Juneau John	DD $300 [5] On August 7, 1960, the government of this island country seized American property Cuba John	$400 [19] Currently back in service this World War II battleship is known as "Mighty Mo" the Missouri John	$400 [24] This city's Topkapi Palace, formerly a sultan's palace, has been a museum since 1924 Istanbul John	$400 [11] "A Thief in the Night" investigates the mysterious 1978 death of this pope John Paul I Burr	$400 [23] Like a myna & parrot, some species of this black bird can be taught to talk crow John
$600 [14] This largest city in Maine was formerly called The Neck Portland Burr	$400 [2] In 1962 18-year-old Peter Fechter became the first person to be killed trying to scale this the Berlin Wall Burr	$600 [6] This pioneer in the canning of pineapples was known as the "Hawaiian Pineapple King" (James) Dole Burr	$600 [10] When this anisette liqueur is served with coffee beans in Italy it's called con mosche, "with flies" sambuca	$600 [13] This 1990 Gore Vidal book is subtitled "A Novel of America in the 1920s" Hollywood	$600 [17] Pronounced one way, it's a bird; pronounced another way it means "jumped in head first" dove Burr
$800 [4] This 3rd-largest Pennsylvania city is the state's only lake port Erie John	$600 [3] In March 1964, at age 23, Constantine II became king of this country Greece John	$800 [20] Attorney general's wife who was called "The Mouth that Roared" & "Watergate's Warbler" Martha Mitchell Bob	$800 [27] Berchtesgaden in this German state is home to a tea house that was once Hitler's private retreat Bavaria John	$800 [28] It was once rumored that this author of "Gravity's Rainbow" was really J.D. Salinger (Thomas) Pynchon Burr	$800 [18] Often found in crossword puzzles, this sea eagle can also be a 3-letter bird when its final E is dropped an erne John
$1,000 [15] The oldest steel bridge in the United States, Eads Bridge, spans the Mississippi between Illinois & this city St. Louis Bob	$1,000 [7] She was sworn in as governor of Alabama, January 16, 1967 Lurleen Wallace Burr John	$1,000 [21] Admitted to the Union on Feb. 14, 1912, this state has been called "The Valentine State" Arizona Burr John	DD $2,700 [29] It's the next capital city you'll reach sailing down the Danube from Vienna Budapest Burr	—	$1,000 [26] The white & glossy varieties of this bird live in the Americas, the sacred in Egypt an ibis John Bob

Final Jeopardy!

DIRECTORS

Born in Turkey, he won 2 Tonys before directing Marlon Brando in his first Oscar-winning performance

Elia Kazan

Burr "Who is Francis Ford Coppola?" — wagered $5

Bob "Who is Forman?" — wagered $0

John "Who is Elia Kazan?" — wagered $5,101

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